STATEMENT BY THE DEPUTY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ITALY TO THE UNITED NATIONS, AMBASSADOR INIGO LAMBERTINI, AT THE HIGH LEVEL FORUM OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON CULTURE OF PEACE (September 9, 2015)
Mr. President,Peace, human rights and development are inextricably connected. The United Nations Charter emphasizes that peaceful and friendly relations among nations depend on respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms as well as the promotion of “higher standards of living and of conditions of economic and social progress and development.” A holistic approach to peace, […]
Read moreSTATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR SEBASTIANO CARDI, PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ITALY TO THE UNITED NATIONS, AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY INFORMAL INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON THE REPORT OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ON THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT (September 8, 2015)
Mr. Moderator,First of all, I would like to thank the PGA for convening this important debate and you, Mr. Dieng, for your admirable work, as well as the Secretary-General for his continued role of advocacy. I would also like to commend the Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect for her remarkable commitment.Italy aligns itself […]
Read moreSTATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES OF ITALY, HON. LAURA BOLDRINI, AT THE FOURTH WORLD CONFERENCE OF SPEAKERS OF PARLIAMENT (September 2, 2015)
Madam Chair, colleagues, members of delegations, ladies and gentlemen, I am honoured to be here today. Our conference is taking place in a world in turmoil. Almost sixty million people – the equivalent of the population of my country, Italy – are forcibly displaced due to war, violence and human rights violations. Climate change is […]
Read moreSTATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE OF ITALY, SEN. PIETRO GRASSO, TO THE FOURTH WORLD CONFERENCE OF SPEAKERS OF PARLIAMENT (September 2, 2015)
Dear colleagues,Many factors have made the world in 2015 radically different from when the Millennium Development Goals were developed. Today’s world is defined by new players: non-OECD countries and the private sector, principally; new forms of poverty, which are on the rise in middle-income countries; the damage caused by climate change; an increasingly uncertain international […]
Read moreJOINT STATEMENT BY THE GOVERNMENTS OF ITALY, NETHERLANDS, RWANDA, SRI LANKA, UGANDA AND URUGUAY: THE INAUGURAL SIGNATORIES TO THE KIGALI PRINCIPLES ON THE PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN PEACEKEEPING (September 1, 2015)
Following a High Level International Conference on Protection of Civilians in Kigali in May, the governments of Italy, Netherlands, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Uganda and Uruguay have agreed to a voluntary set of principles on the protection of civilians in peacekeeping.The Kigali Principles establish that protection of civilians is the core function of peacekeeping and that […]
Read moreSTATEMENT BY THE DEPUTY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ITALY TO THE UNITED NATIONS, AMBASSADOR INIGO LAMBERTINI, AT THE EXECUTIVE BOARD UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS/UNDP SEGMENT – ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATOR (September 1, 2015)
Let me first thank the Administrator for her comprehensive statement and her strong leadership of UNDP.In the coming weeks, world leaders will formally approve the 2030 Global Agenda for Sustainable Development. The implementation of this transformative agenda will require a strong commitment from the international community and effective international institutions. In this context UNDP’s mandate […]
Read moreSTATEMENT BY THE DEPUTY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ITALY AND CHARGE’ D’AFFAIRES, A.I. TO THE UNITED NATIONS, AMBASSADOR INIGO LAMBERTINI, AT THE SECURITY COUNCIL OPEN DEBATE ON “REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES OF GLOBAL SECURITY” (August 18, 2015)
Thank you, Madame Chair,for taking the initiative to convene this open debate on such an important topic. I also wish to thank the Secretary-General and the briefers for their remarks.Excellencies, Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen,Italy aligns itself with the statement (to be) delivered by the representative of the European Union and wishes to add a few […]
Read moreSTATEMENT BY THE UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, SEN. BENEDETTO DELLA VEDOVA, AT THE SECURITY COUNCIL OPEN DEBATE ON “PEACE AND SECURITY CHALLENGES FACING SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES” – (July 30, 2015)
Mr. President, members of the Security Council, dear colleagues,Thanks to the initiative of New Zealand, I am pleased to have the opportunity to intervene today on a crucial topic. I wish to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his briefing, as well as the Prime Ministers of Samoa and Jamaica and the Minister of Finance of […]
Read moreSTATEMENT BY THE DEPUTY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ITALY AND CHARGE’ D’AFFAIRES, A.I. TO THE UNITED NATIONS, AMBASSADOR INIGO LAMBERTINI, AT THE MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS ON “AN INTERNATIONAL CODE OF CONDUCT FOR OUTER SPACE ACTIVITIES” (27 July 2015)
Mr. Chairman,At the outset, allow me to express our sincere congratulations on your designation as a chair of these multilateral negotiations. Please rest assured of my delegation’s full support and cooperation throughout this week.As a representative of my country, let me also voice my delight to attend such an important negotiation under the leadership – […]
Read moreSTATEMENT DELIVERED BY ITALY AT THE “SEVENTH SESSION OF THE ZERO DRAFT OF THE OUTCOME DOCUMENT FOR THE UN SUMMIT TO ADOPT THE POST-2015 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA” (21 July 2015)
We thank you co-facilitators for your hard work and tireless commitment to this group. We are entering the final stretch of our long journey. Ambassador Kamau has reminded us, almost a year ago, during the long and concluding hours of the Open Working Group exercise, that “we have been running a marathon” and that the […]
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